Nebraska Moves Up, but Only to No. 2

Beating Oklahoma was not enough to lift Nebraska over top-ranked Miami in the Associated Press media poll.

The best the Cornhuskers could do after their 20-10 victory Saturday was replace the Sooners at No. 2. The Sooners (7-1) dropped to No. 3.

Miami (6-0) remained No. 1 for the third consecutive week after Thursday night’s 45-3 win over West Virginia. The Hurricanes received 55 first-place votes and 1,783 points Sunday from the 72 sports writers and broadcasters on the AP panel. The Huskers (9-0) had the remaining 17 first-place votes and 1,745 points in moving up from No. 3.

UCLA, one of five teams that lost for the first time Saturday, dropped from No. 4 to No. 9 after a 38-28 defeat at Stanford. Virginia Tech, Maryland and Washington State also lost, as the top 25 underwent a major reshuffling.

Florida moved up two spots to No. 4, followed by No. 5 Texas, No. 6 Michigan, No. 7 Tennessee and four Pacific 10 Conference teams--No. 8 Oregon, UCLA, No. 10 Stanford and No. 11 Washington. Stanford jumped 10 places. Washington State, which lost to Oregon, is 16th.

In the USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll, the top five are Miami, Nebraska, Florida, Oklahoma and Texas.

The bowl championship series standings, which had Oklahoma first and Nebraska second last week, will be released today. It’s expected that Nebraska will be first and Miami second.

Florida Coach Steve Spurrier went public with a stinging critique of officials who called 12 penalties against the Gators during their 24-10 victory over Georgia. “We’re not supposed to talk about the officials, but some of those calls, they were bad,” Spurrier said.

Spurrier asked Florida Athletic Director Jeremy Foley to call Southeastern Conference Commissioner Roy Kramer to discuss the penalties. Spurrier said SEC director of officials Bobby Gaston should review the officials’ performance.

Charlie Weatherbie was fired as coach of Navy, which has lost 17 of its last 18 games. Defensive coordinator Rick Lantz was appointed interim coach of the Midshipmen, who were 30-45 under Weatherbie, including 0-7 this year after Saturday’s 21-20 loss to Toledo.... Oklahoma quarterback Jason White is doubtful for Saturday’s game against Tulsa. White sprained his left knee in the second quarter in the Sooners’ 20-10 loss to Nebraska.... Notre Dame quarterback Carlyle Holiday, who has a sprained ankle, bruised knee and bruised shoulder, is questionable for Saturday’s game against Tennessee.